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March 1, 2010

Is It Good? Yes, Itâ€™s Good. Can I Make It Better? (New tune with Mike Outram)

…Thatâ€™s what my brain is asking when Iâ€™m improvising.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the great pleasure and good fortune to spend a day recording with Mike Outram – guitarist extraordinaire. Iâ€™ve been a fan of Mikeâ€™s for a long time, having heard him in a couple of different settings with Singer/Songwriter Rebecca Hollweg, and more recently with Theo Travisâ€™ Doubletalk quartet.

We were able to snag a day recording in the rather lovely studios at Leicester College, giving the students there something to record, and a very different type of project to work on. Continue reading “Is It Good? Yes, Itâ€™s Good. Can I Make It Better? (New tune with Mike Outram)”

September 15, 2009January 10, 2010

SL On The Radio

A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed by the wonderful Tom Robinson for his show on 6Music, ‘Introducing‘ – a show all about new music with, rather brilliantly, lots of handy tips for bands and artists starting out and trying to negotiate the tricky transition from the age of the mega-deal-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow to the scary world of DIY and talking to your audience. Continue reading “SL On The Radio”

June 7, 2009

Website Of the Week on 6Music Introducing!

BBC Introducing is a cross network initiative to get unsigned music onto the air. As I mentioned in my post on ‘What Makes Your Music Interesting?‘ I’ve been talking to Tom Robinson about my music ever since we met at his event that I live-blogged at London Songwriters Week.

Well, on last night’s Introducing Show, stevelawson.net was his website of the week, and he played I’m Lost by Lobelia and I, and said some rather nice things about it.

You Can Listen to it on the iPlayer by going to the show page, and clicking on the Sunday link in the listen again menu. Continue reading “Website Of the Week on 6Music Introducing!”